Bug#479296: Unable to install, depends on missing libffi4

[Julien Danjou]

Package: python-vte
Version: 1:0.16.13-1
Severity: serious

abydos ~ % sudo apt-get install python-vte
[...]
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  python-vte: Depends: libffi4 but it is not going to be installed
E: Broken packages

Seems that libffi4 is no more available; maybe a simple binNMU may fix
that, but I'm not sure since now libffi is not part of GCC (#472174)
even if Joss tell it does not b-depends on it.

I'm confused.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.24-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages python-vte depends on:
ii  libatk1.0-0               1.22.0-1       The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libc6                     2.7-10         GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcairo2                 1.6.4-1+b1     The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
pn  libffi4                   <none>         (no description available)
ii  libfontconfig1            2.5.0-2        generic font configuration library
ii  libglib2.0-0              2.16.3-2       The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgtk2.0-0               2.12.9-3       The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libice6                   2:1.0.4-1      X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  libncurses5               5.6+20080419-2 Shared libraries for terminal hand
ii  libpango1.0-0             1.20.2-2       Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libsm6                    2:1.0.3-1+b1   X11 Session Management library
ii  libvte9                   1:0.16.13-1    Terminal emulator widget for GTK+ 
ii  libx11-6                  2:1.0.3-7      X11 client-side library
ii  libxft2                   2.1.12-2       FreeType-based font drawing librar
ii  python                    2.5.2-1        An interactive high-level object-o
ii  python-gtk2               2.12.1-1       Python bindings for the GTK+ widge
ii  python-support            0.7.7          automated rebuilding support for P

python-vte recommends no packages.

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